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minus-squareTheWilliamist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoDidn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoYes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoThe NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
minus-squareoctoblade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoYeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoAlpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoAnd MIPS too. NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 all saw MIPS, Alpha, and x86 releases.
Didn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
Yes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.
The NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
Yeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
Alpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
And MIPS too. NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 all saw MIPS, Alpha, and x86 releases.